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After seeming to be at an impasse as late as this morning, the Canadian Autoworkers union and Ford have reached a tentative agreement with just hours to go before the CAW's work stoppage deadline. The deal that has been agreed upon will run for the next four years and cover around 4,500 Canadian ...

The Canadian Auto Workers Union may soon be a thing of the past, but it still has to negotiate one more contract with the Big Three before its planned merger with the Canadian Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union. The current deal expires on Sept. 17, so CAW representatives are meeting ...

How would you respond to the headline "No More Auto Workers Union"? Well, we'll likely be bidding goodbye to the Canadian Auto Workers Union, as the membership has agreed to merge with Canada's Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union. The Vancouver Sun is reporting that a unanimous vote of ...

The United Autoworkers Union (UAW) is struggling – and it is the first to admit it. With its membership dwindling after three decades of workforce cuts by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, the union has pinned its future on organizing one of the transplants. Efforts to convince workers at ...

Add this one to the list of reasons Europeans have it better than we do, right after diesels and manual transmissions: No more "catching up on e-mail" while you should be spending time with your family. Or sleeping. Or watching Baywatch reruns. According to the BBC, Volkswagen has bowed to ...

The United Auto Workers protested outside Hyundai dealers in the U.S. last week, though not for the reasons you might think. Automotive News reports that the UAW picketed key U.S. Hyundai dealerships yesterday in response to an incident that took place halfway around the world. The protest was in ...

Jeremy Clarkson says a lot of things, some funny, some not, but all designed to get a rise out of people. This time, however, he may have crossed a line. "I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families," said Clarkson, referring to striking workers in Great Britain. "I'd ...

Chrysler and the United Auto Workers have officially agreed to a new four-year labor contract as the rank and file have voted in favor of the new agreement. A total of 54.8 per cent of all Chrysler UAW workers gave the agreement a 'yes' vote. The agreement helps keep wages in check for Chrysler, ...

The United Auto Workers have ratified a new four-year labour agreement with Ford by a two-to-one margin. The deal will see the automaker add 12,000 hourly jobs over the course of the term by bringing some production back into the U.S. from overseas. The agreement will also see Ford invest $16 ...

Automotive News reports that the United Auto Workers is close to ratifying a new labour agreement with Ford. The union says that 63 per cent of its members have voted in favour of the four-year deal, and that a total of 15,862 workers had voted for the agreement. The UAW said that 9,375 ballots ...